A German nun, accused of abetting illegal immigration and fined for granting church asylum to two Nigerian women last year, has been acquitted by a district court.
Following two stints of church asylum and over three years of uncertainty, a blind Syrian asylum seeker has been awarded refugee status and can therefore remain in Germany. The 27-year-old no longer has to live in fear of getting deported to Spain.
In a town in southern Germany, a weight has been lifted for Mheddin Saho. The Syrian, who is blind, has been given a second chance to apply for protection in Germany and is no longer in church asylum.
Sorting out clothing to send to the Belarusian border, finding an asylum lawyer and creating paintings are all in a day's work for Michael Kurzwelly. The artist has been trying to realize his vision of an open society since long before refugees were gathered at Europe's razor wire fences.
A German court has charged a nun €500 for assisting Nigerian women threatened with deportation from Germany. The two women reportedly fled from forced prostitution in Italy. Different groups criticized the court order and called for a decriminalization of church asylum.